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Hey guys. I posted in here before about not trusting doctors, and now I'm having the same issue about vets. Loads of them have been bought out by big corporations and we know that the pharma industry is evil, so I don't know what to do.
I have a cat with year round allergies that I haven't addressed because I was hoping they'd go away on their own, but they haven't. It's just sneezing and slinging snot, nothing severe, just kind of sad.
But now he's developed a head tilt and I've gone and gotten myself scared about ignoring an inner ear infection. It's definitely not vestibular disease and it's also not severe, thank God. But it apparently can't clear up on its own from what I've read.
So what do I do? I can't get an antibiotic for him without visiting a vet but I don't know what's safe and what isn't, and have no clue how to figure out what actually is safe. Don't want him on steroids either...he's extremely special to me and I don't want to accidentally harm him with bad, untrustworthy medicine.
And of course all attempts to research this lead to "Take him to the vet, an inner ear infection is serious if left untreated, blah blah blah".
And in the future, are there any resources, books or websites, for situations like this when you need care but don't want to go to a 'professional'?
It's incredibly frustrating being able to see all of the bad in the world but with zero clue where the good is hidden.
Why's it gotta feel so heavy?
Any reason you can think of why ICE is not targeting those asian nail salons and "massage" parlors? Lots of trafficking seems to go free right under our noses. Maybe they are doing something, but they sure are not making a show of it. You know those girls are not here any more legally than Jose the dishwasher. We dont have that problem where I live, non existant, but traveling through some southern states and Missouri, I couldn't believe my eyes. They used to be around DC too. I mean, its easy pickins it seems to raid those places.
Has anyone heard from Uncle Fester?
Here you go.
https://greatawakening.win/p/1ARK9oXTsm/rumors-of-my-demise-are-greatly-/
Yes he posted a few days ago.
Thanks!
I have thought a few times, if I was given the ability to have people arrested in the recent (post us civil war) past before major events took place based on what we know/believe happened, who would they be? Of course that brings up how does that affect other events.
Margret Sanger and Bill Gates father GWBush LBJ Bibi Queen E ii Dr Georges Burou Bill "cocaine" Clinton and HRC Kissinger Soros Larry king (franklin scandal) Pope's ...to start with.
Condi Rice comes to mind, all of those who supported the war in Iraq and lied about weapons of mass destruction.
Any persons whose name you have heard, if you were to arrest them all, nothing would have changed in the course of humanity they are all puppets.
Who else watched Tucker's video about Thomas Crook? Do you think he was brainwashed by the deep state?
It seems likely. What it seems like to me is that Deep State does a general brainwashing, and then picks up on who has intense TDS and uses them. I haven't seen the video, though. Only heard about it.
Yeah, it's crazy. He was pro-Trump until 2020 and then turned total lefty after he met some mysterious figure through a YouTube comment? Not sure if I should trust this. Did Q drops ever mention Thomas Crook?
I was wondering how long it was going to take President Trump to say something about MTG, and he did it, of course, in true Trumpian fashion. She became increasingly annoying and now appears to have burned quite a few bridges. Play with fire and you're going to get burned.
She always had a game she played for anyone caring to pay attention to her. She would make some nice pelosi style investments that would pay off where she made lots of money and then the next week she would make some terrific maga post where everyone would praise her. Then she’d make another investment with a payoff again a few weeks later and make another maga statement after and so on. She’s a crooked politician. Just like Pelosi.
Kek and those workout videos were cringe af
God knows what deals she cut to get on the View.
Apparently, the illegal that Hannah Dugan (judge, WI) was trying to help has now been deported. Dugan is awaiting trial. https://abcnews.go.com/US/undocumented-man-allegedly-helped-judge-evade-arrest-deported/story?id=127539842
Had to read the article to make sure it was not a typo. Yeah, the Judge herself is awaiting trial!
Why is Erika Kirk in DC regularly these days?
She has probably already been read in
Pardon ignorance "read in"?
If this is a military sting operation and Kirk is in some kind of witness protection then Erika must have been read into the operation at some limited level and working with them
Archaeopteryx, Myth of a Transitional Fossil BY TIM CLAREY, PH.D. | FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025
https://www.icr.org/article/15452/
In 1860, one year after the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, a wonderfully preserved fossil feather was discovered in the Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. A year later, the first of 14 Archaeopteryx skeletons was found there.1 Named by paleontologist Hermann von Meyer, Archaeopteryx means “ancient wing,” a name implying it was a bird.1 Because all of the specimens were found in layers well below any other bird fossil, Archaeopteryx was raised to the evolutionary icon status of first bird.
However, the feather impressions, claws on the wings, and a thin, bony tail caused many evolutionists to claim this was a transitional fossil between birds and dinosaurs. This view was further strengthened by the 1877 discovery of teeth in the beak of the second skeleton.1 Regardless, most scientists accepted it as essentially a bird—that is, until recently. Evolutionary scientists are now placing Archaeopteryx in the imaginary feathered dinosaur category.2
Archaeopteryx Flew Like a Bird
Evolutionary paleontologist Alan Feduccia has pointed out that the feathers on Archaeopteryx are completely aerodynamic in structure, indicative of flight.3 Furthermore, Archaeopteryx possessed a bird “wishbone” that was robust enough for muscle attachment and flight capability. In addition, the pubis bone in Archaeopteryx resembles that of birds living today and was probably used as a muscle attachment site for suprapubic muscles, which are designed to assist lung ventilation by moving the tail during roosting. By contrast, the pubis bone of crocodiles and bipedal dinosaurs functions as a muscle attachment site for diaphragmatic muscles.4
Common pheasant Image credit: wikimedia.org The flying issue was settled after scientists studied the cross-sectional geometry of wing bones from three Archaeopteryx specimens.4 They concluded Archaeopteryx flew like a pheasant, with quick ascents, a short flight time, and running as a way to evade danger.
Our analyses reveal that the architecture of Archaeopteryx’s wing bones consistently exhibits a combination of crosssectional geometric properties uniquely shared with volant [flying] birds, particularly those occasionally utilising shortdistance flapping. In effect, Archaeopteryx appears to have flown by flapping its wings in short bursts.5
Evolutionary paleontologist Steve Brusatte stated, “I think it’s a case closed now….Archaeopteryx was capable of at least short bursts of powered flight.”6
It’s quite clear Archaeopteryx was a fully designed bird that could fly directly from the ground. It possessed some unusual features for a bird, but it was a bird nonetheless.
Archaeopteryx Walked Like a Bird
A study of the socket (acetabulum) where the femur (thigh bone) meets the pelvis points to another major dissimilarity between birds and dinosaurs.7 It’s a powerful way to differentiate them. Why? Theropod dinosaurs had completely open holes in their hip sockets, and birds do not. Archaeopteryx was found to have a partially closed acetabulum, unlike that of dinosaurs.7
Also, tail muscles connected to a theropod’s femur pulled the leg back when the dinosaur walked. These muscles attached to the tail at the chevrons, small bones pointing downward from the tail vertebrae. Bonytailed birds like Archaeopteryx do not have large chevrons jutting down from the vertebrae on their tails. Also, birds’ thighs are mostly immobile when they walk. They instead move their leg bones below the knee.
Simply put, Archaeopteryx is not a transitional fossil or a feathered dinosaur. It flew like a bird and walked like a bird. Archaeopteryx is simply an extinct type of bird that was created by Jesus in the beginning.
References
Shipman, P. 1998. Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 13. Johnson, J. S. 2021. Are Birds “Cousins” to Reptiles? Acts & Facts. 50 (12): 11. Feduccia, A. 2020. Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs: Forays in Postmodern Paleontology. Irvine, CA: BrownWalker Press. Clarey, T. 2015. Dinosaurs: Marvels of God’s Design. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 127. Voeten, D. F. A. E. et al. 2018. Wing Bone Geometry Reveals Active Flight in Archaeopteryx. Nature Communications. 9, article 923. Briggs, H. Archaeopteryx Flew Like a Pheasant, Say Scientists. BBC News. Posted on bbc.com March 18, 2018, accessed February 19, 2024. Feduccia, A. 2024. The Avian Acetabulum: Small Structure, but Rich with Illumination and Questions. Diversity. 16 (1): 20, 1–28. Stage image: Archaeopteryx, Wyoming Dinosaur Center Stage image credit: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0. Used in accordance with federal copyright (fair use doctrine) law. Usage by ICR does not imply endorsement of copyright holder.
Dr. Clarey is the director of research at the Institute for Creation Research and earned his Ph.D. in geology from Western Michigan University.
Cite this article: Tim Clarey, Ph.D. 2025. Archaeopteryx, Myth of a Transitional Fossil. Acts & Facts. 54 (5), 19.
u/#ridetofreedom
It's a relay. Achieve, Maintain and Sustain.
https://greatawakening.win/p/1ARKEONWLQ/was-thinking-about-freedom-this-/
Nice characterization.